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Ratzinger was born in Pleiskirchen, Bavaria, to Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. (1877–1959), a police officer, and Maria Ratzinger, née Peintner (1884–1963). [1] His younger brother is Joseph Ratzinger (1927–2022), who later reigned as Pope Benedict XVI from 2005 to 2013, and they had an elder sister, Maria (1921–1991). [1]
Benedict's elder brother, Georg, became a Catholic priest and was the former director of the Regensburger Domspatzen choir. [24] His sister, Maria, who never married, managed her brother Joseph's household until she died in 1991. [25]
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger was born on 16 April (Holy Saturday) 1927 at 11 Schulstrasse, his parents' home in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria and baptised on the same day.He was the third and youngest child of Joseph Ratzinger Sr. (1877–1959), a police officer, and his wife, Maria (née Peintner) (1884–1963), whose family were from South Tyrol.
Benedict XVI, the former pope who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, has died at 95. ... Joseph and his older brother, Georg, enrolled in a nearby seminary. But Catholicism ...
Ward was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009, and he mentioned her the following year during his state visit to the United Kingdom. [ 15 ] By the twenty-first century, over 200 schools had been named after her and they form a worldwide network. [ 2 ]
The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lied out in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Pope Benedict, the German theologian who will be remembered as ...
With the recognition of the miracle on 1 July 2010, Pope Benedict XVI approved the beatification to take place. Angelo Amato, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided over the beatification on the pope's behalf on 23 October 2010. [2] The postulator assigned to the cause is Santina Dino.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier released a statement, saying that "Germany mourns Pope Benedict XVI and will remember his work." [114] Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a statement, saying that "as the 'German' pope, Benedict XVI was a special church leader for many, not just in this country. The world is losing a formative figure of the ...